The Sky Knight was an all weather fighter for the Marine Corps and made its first flight on March 23,1948 as the XF3D-1. A total of 268 were delivered to the Navy and the Marine Corps. Throughout its long service life the Sky Knight had been modified for many different missions such as Electronic Counter- Measures, missile platforms, systems trainers and flying test platform for advanced avionics. Many F3D-2s were modified as electronic jammers to be used by Marine Composite Squadrons (VMCJ) during Vietnam, these aircraft were redesignated as F3D-2Q and later as EF-10B. It was retired from active flying and flown to MCAS El Toro in 1987
The Sky Knight was an all weather fighter for the Marine Corps and made its first flight on March 23,1948 as the XF3D-1. A total of 268 were delivered to the Navy and the Marine Corps. Throughout its long service life the Sky Knight had been modified for many different missions such as Electronic Counter- Measures, missile platforms, systems trainers and flying test platform for advanced avionics. Many F3D-2s were modified as electronic jammers to be used by Marine Composite Squadrons (VMCJ) during Vietnam, these aircraft were redesignated as F3D-2Q and later as EF-10B. It was retired from active flying and flown to MCAS El Toro in 1987